Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the oldest of the “pandemic babies” – born in early 2020 – are heading off to kindergarten this month. And while the 3.5 million U.S. children born between March 2020 and 2021 have been more resilient than anybody could have ...
Rising temperatures can mean rising pain for many people, as summer heat can often trigger the onset of migraine headaches. As temperatures climb, so do migraine episodes, with heat, humidity and dehydration being some of the most common reasons for the start of a migraine during the summer ...
New research is showing promise that a vaccine may be able to fight one type of the most common cancers in women. Phase one clinical trials examined immune response to a new breast cancer vaccine by measuring antibodies in white blood cells. Researchers hope the vaccine could eventually ...
The top natural gas production company in the United States has – officially – gotten bigger. EQT Corp., based in downtown Pittsburgh, has closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of Olympus Energy of Southpointe. EQT sealed the deal with its former competitor on July 1, said Amy Rogers, ...
A new study is linking chemicals commonly found in plastics with deaths from heart disease around the world. The research, published in the journal eBioMedicine this spring, linked more than 350,000 deaths worldwide to phthalate exposure. Phthalates (pronounced tha-lates) are a set of ...
Could sorghum be the next big thing on your dinner table or restaurant menu? Farmers who grow sorghum are starting to push for that amid a changing global landscape and tariff war. China has traditionally been the biggest sorghum buyer but canceled big loads of it this year ahead of a ...
